Power to ban smoking in public areas by May 31
Health Minister John Hill said the power to ban smoking in any public area would take effect on May 31 and he predicted some strongly anti-smoking councils and private organisations would act...
View ArticleBulgarians to Rally against Full Smoking Ban Sunday
Tobacco-addicted Bulgarians will protest on Sunday against the ban on smoking in all enclosed public spaces, due to be enforced as of June 1. The rally, to be held on Alexander Batenberg square, will...
View ArticleSmoking Law Could Hit Popular Cartoons
A new law that bans smoking images on TV before 11 p.m. reached the classic “Nu, Pogodi” and “Cheburashka” cartoons. According to the report, the cartoons should be edited in order to remove smoking...
View ArticleGraphic Anti-Smoking Ads Increase Attempts to Quit
Graphic television anti-smoking advertisements make more smokers to make an attempt to give up smoking than less serious advertisements, reported by a new study in the American Journal of Preventive...
View Article‘Twas the politically correct night before Christmas: Santa’s smoking pipe is...
A children’s book author has made furious the American literary members for modifying the 18th-century poem ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’ – better recognized by its first line, ‘Twas the Night Before...
View ArticleIt’s Time for Disney to Ban Smoking
If you are preparing to have fun time at Disney’s shopping district known as “Downtown Disney,” you are best recommended to bring a gas mask. While Disney has sometimes enacted “no smoking” policy at...
View ArticlePlain packaging threatens Dominican Republic’s hard-fought premium position
The Dominican Republic has required the establishment of a panel under the dispute arrangement procedures of the World Trade Organization to examine a challenge to Australia’s plain packaging actions...
View ArticleLarge turnout in Sofia for protest against full smoking ban in restaurants...
Yesterday there was a large turnout for a protest outside Parliament in the Bulgarian capital city Sofia against the legislation that became operational in June against a full smoking ban in enclosed...
View ArticleRussians Doubt Smoking Ban in Public Places
Most Russians do not maintain the government’s step to enforce a total ban on smoking in public places and consider the focus should be on supporting people who smoke give up, a pollster said on...
View ArticleFiji visited by smokers no longer
Smoking in Fiji public places such as restaurants will be banned starting with July 1st A $1,000 fine will be held if a business in Fiji breaks the new rule, which was incorporated according to the...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger Puffing a Cigar in Brisbane
Arnold Schwarzenegger says he is a fitness fanatic but recent images by paparazzi suggest that he also is a fan of smoking. This week he was seen in Brisbane puffing away a cigar openly, without an...
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